- Social Justice Warriors: basically people who make the rounds on twitter / github to jump on anyone who makes an utterance, like "that's gay", would mean the person should be named, shamed and put into a life altering event.
They lack power, so they get there's by using liberalism as a guise to destroy your life.
- GPL license shills: though they mean well, they don't understand how their viral license clauses make their code unusable with commercial ventures.
They are often academics, non-profits, developing countries or social-welfare states where the market forces of intellectual property are dulled compared to America.
Solo:
- No project manager means you're constantly flirting with things and never getting stuff done. - No boss means no one's are your ass to finish a project
Freelancer:
- Elance, oDesk and the like are all a race to the bottom. - Everyone "has that idea" and wants it done free - Client not paying - "Give us a sample project, complete this small test", gives you a list of what to complete to they get a free project for themselves.
Startups:
- Narcissistic / Sociopathic founders - Narcissistic / Sociopathic / Greedy investors - Limited runway, you only have so much time to build it - But your boss has to have "this little feature in, ASAP" or else the world will end. So your codebase rots over time. - Boy who cried wolf mentality over the above - You may not be developing with the stack you want
There are ways to get around these things. Tech is a vibrant place. I could go on about 10 pages longer on why the system gives even the lowest (with 1 notable exception) the best chance at rising into greatness. You can be a nobody today, and a year from now, be worth millions.